OK, so DAZ has made it very clear that it has little if any interest in selling to the Poser community.

Frankly, I consider this a huge mistake — here's why.

DAZ doesnt charge for its software, Poser does, so it's not like DAZ would be losing money if it worked up some kind of adaptor that would allow Poser users to BUY (please note the operative word here, BUY) Studio items. All those folks insisting that it's up to Smith Micro are kinda missing the point: SM wouldnt make any money off this, DAZ would. Seems to me that in a market this small, DAZ would like as much commerce as it can get, so its rationale for not providing some kind of utility makes less and less logical sense.

"But why should DAZ do all the work here?" Because DAZ will be realizing the income, that's why. It could stand to make a small fortune in increased revenue by working up this utility so its vendors dont have to go through the process of providing things in dual platforms.

The reason I bring this up comes from a convo I had recently with a long-time vendor — both here and at DAZ — who's on the verge of just throwing in the towel on the whole thing and provided a bit of behind-the-scenes info on how things are going. Frankly, it's long past time to end this silly divide, and it's long past time for DAZ to see the money it could be making here. It shouldnt be up to the vendors, nor should it be up to a third party when DAZ is the one that would be reaping in the profits.

It just seems like good business sense to do this.

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